Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-03-31
A Few Words for Farmer"
IrOntOn, Mo

Ed. Register-In your paper of March
18th, 1887, is an article signed" Farmer ''
and dated at Murrayville, Ills, March
9Th, 1887, wherein the writer criticses
an article from the undersigned, said
last article being upon the George land
theory, and being the first written and
published by your servant.
Herein I shalt criticise the craticiSer
and his criticism, and his theory. In
the article by Farmer" referred to
above, is found the following: 1.-THE
second paper is the REGISTER and the
writer man who fails to understand
Mr.. George becaus he does not seem
to have read him, but draws notions oi
What George teaches. from the silly
criticisms SO common in our leading
newspapers" This from Farmer"
who poses as a Georgeite. I frankly
confess | have never read Progress
and i'roUerty, but have long desired
to do So, and still intend to do 50, and
with mind as unbiased as possible.
This is plea of guilty number one. /
have another plea of like nature. Did
Mr.. "Farmer" ever hear of the fl ht in
Which the topmost man cried out to the
bystaEdors, "take me OFF," I confess
(p.ea OF guilty number two) that have
drawn my notions of what Henry
George teaches from TIE silly criticisms
SO common in our leading newspapers"
Nay, more, to make the confession more
specific, and my guilt less hidden, to
show that / am not concealiDg any
thing / will confess as to the riewspa-
per containing, and the writer of the
article from which [ drew my "siily'
notions. If I have been guilty desire
that the aiders and abettors shall stand
in the pillory with me.
Readers, believe me or not as you
will, but the silly criticism of Henry
George and his theories upon which
based my notions of him and his was
printed in tho IRON COUNTY REGIS
TER, of February 10th 1887, is dated
January 9th, 1887, and is contained
in the last column OF the first page of
that issue thereof, and, We gods! is sign
ed by the sage of Murrayville, yclept
"FaTmern
Out of their own mouths shall they
be judged. / leave epithets of my own
out, but which term is more pleasant
to you as descriptive of yourself-mine
of visionary philanthropist and en-
tlusiast''or your own of "silty?" And
leave to the readers of the REGISTER
to determine as to whether or not the
latter be not the most appropriate in
view nf the fact that in February one
thing is taught as the new gospel.
while, in March, the teacher thereof is
turned into a judge who denounoes
those who may have become converts
to these doctrines when taught by him.
self. Oh! consistency, thou art jewel.
And is not the word, 'enthusiast," ap-
plicahle where there is such revolu-
ton i'm construction of terms and mean
ing in the space of one short month?
In February "Farmer" teaches one
thing ss Georgism, and in March calls
what he taught "silly criticisms" &c.
(See above quotation.)
What did the sage of MurruyUilte
teach in his first article, say you? Fol-
loving are some clippings from his
article published February 10th, 1887:
II this George idea prevails, and land is
made the property of the whole people shall
have TO deed my land to the State, shall
not?
No. In the first place you cannot move
your land out of the Jurisdiction of the State
and hence it needs NJ deed. The state al
ready exercises the right of eminent domain,
as we call it, oyer You and your land, and
that is all it would do then.
How. do not understand it. What's the
use of making all this fuss about making
land common property, if you are going to
leave the deeds as they are nows